*Earl Grant* Check him out.

One of the best IMO
Earl Grant : Sings and Plays Songs Made Famous by Nat King Cole ... color spectrum Decca 4729
Just one of many he laid down.

 

Probably best-known for "The End," Earl was a top-notch talent. One of those smooth, effortless vocal styles that's easy to listen to.

 

There is a cd still available (and much cheaper than when I bought it!), with an excellent sampling of his music.

I wish I still had 2 or 3 LPs of his I once owned.

 

And then there was a kick-a$$ SUPERB little instrumental from 1962 called "Swingin' Gently!"

 

I picked up 12 near perfect lp's by Earl Grant at a garage sale saturday for a couple of dollars. I had never heard his music. I am amazed at how enjoyable these records are. Incredibly smooth vocals with mild jazz instrumentation. Great sound on the Decca stereo records also. I feel very lucky to have found these and am going to enjoy them for a long time. I can't believe that you just don't hear this guys name. He is truly the Rodney Dangerfield of the crooners. Check him out!

 

Best known in the UK for his Northern monster Hide Nor Hair, brilliant record

 

Which led me to You tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO2gl_nvZYU

Not the type of music he was known for, but I can hear why it is popular now

 

I thought it was "House Of Bamboo", as reissued on 12" in the eighties along with "Fever"

 

I have his two 1957 releases on cd.

 

Last Night.........smooth!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTNTtmzd_0s&feature=related